Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-09
SUNK INCORPORATING.
Robbed His Uncle and Then Disap'
reared.


An Allentown PENN special says;
This city is having another financial
sensation, and, so closely following the
embezzlement of Book-keeper Gross
man. it is the talk of the town. Ed
gar Thompson, aged about twenty-five
wears, employed since 1871 in various
positions at the station OF the Central
railroad of New Jersey, and for the last
few wears as chief clerk, has been missing
since Thursday morning. The snug sum
of 932. 600 has been lost by him lately In
stock gambling. His accounts with tho
railroad company are. so far as is known
tonight. all straight, as he did not use
any of the railroad funds 10 his opera
tions. which were carried on with o
holiness and on a scale unheard OF
here. Thompson is q nephew of Edgar
Tvining, teller of the First National
Bank OF Mauch Chunk, and 1t Is Iwl-
ming and the bank who are out OF the
money which Thompson put into
stocks.
He got salary of S65 per month,
but this did not nearly suffice to meet
his expenses, and as be had ideas OF
the Ferdinand Ward stripe he cast
about for means by which he could
Crafty his financial notions. To do
this he engaged in a piece of deception
That has extended over five months.
His uncle, Mr.. Twining, is comfortably
well of, is a bachelor, and thought
highly OF his nephew. The latter re-
presented to him that he was engaged
in the friedrich business and that he
sold lime. sand. &C., on commission.
His position rs chief clerk at the
Jersey Central station favored
him in his scheme OF decep-
tion. Thompson had printed bill heads
and statements, some of which he at
intervals filed up aud showed to his
uncle TO convince him of the good bust
ness he was doing. He kept set OF
sham books, and every month sent Mr.
Twining bogus statement of orders,
payments, &C., all of which represented
him as doing a fourishing business.
When he had his uncle convinced that
he was on the road to financial success,
he induced him to endorse drafts and
notes, the money on which Thompson
put in stocks. The First National Bank
Of Mauch Chunk also discounted his
paper to the amount Of thousands of
dollars. Mr.. Twining's loss is $1,000
and the banks $4,000.
In some of his stock transactions
Thompson was very successful, and one
day he came out Sc, 600 ahead. With
this money he paid note at the Mauch
Chunk Bank and this made good his
credit. His loss occurred on Jersey
Central stock. of which he held 1000
shares. He was extremely bold in his
operations, and acted with the dash of
a regular Wall-street bull. Unfortu-
nately for him the market took a wrong
turn and the crash came. He con-
fessed to his wife on Wednesday
that he had lost $1,000 of his
uncle's money. The uncle was sent
for and the next morning Thompson
fled He said he was going to New
York to fix up his shortage, and that is
the last seen or heard of him. He
moved in good society here, and last
fall was married to a daughter OF a
prominent merchant, who was about to
establish him in business. The wife is
prostrated by the news of her hus-
bands crime. She is a niece of the
Hon. uther Keefer, State senator from
Schuylkill county. Thompson is
nephew of George W. Twining, super
intendent of the Lehigh and Susque-
hanna division of the Central railroad
Of New jersey.